Herder Press is doing the world the great favor of publishing Benedict XVI’s complete theological works. The first volume to be published (of the sixteen planned) is not, oddly enough, Volume I, but Volume XI, which comprises Benedict’s writings on the liturgy. An article on Chiesa . . . . Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago Nathaniel Peters asked : Do any other blog contributors turn to particular books or music for consolation or jubilation? Do people find a generational difference between those who choose books or those who choose music? Any thoughts? I’ve already weighed in here with a book . . . . Continue Reading »
Much at stake for SHS issues! All American readers, please vote as if the lives of the weak and vulnerable depend on it, because I believe they . . . . Continue Reading »
The use of Latin has been banned from a number of local councils in Britain, because officials fear the language can cause confusion: Several local authorities have ruled that phrases like vice versa , pro rata , and even via should not be used, in speech or in writing. But the ban has prompted . . . . Continue Reading »
They get it right every time. Well, at least this time . . . . . Continue Reading »
Ryan T. Anderson and Sherif Girgis have just published a blistering refutation of Doug Kmiec’s most recent attempt at justifying his support for Barack Obama. The piece represents perhaps the most concise and complete case against Kmiec’s position articulated so far. Kmiec’s . . . . Continue Reading »
From today’s Washington Post , more proof that television is anything but harmless to our children: Teenagers who watch a lot of television featuring flirting, necking, discussion of sex and sex scenes are much more likely than their peers to get pregnant or get a partner pregnant, according . . . . Continue Reading »
If you missed the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) this past weekend, you are most likely not aware that Prof. Wendy Doniger received an award. Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions in the University of Chicago Divinity School, . . . . Continue Reading »
Washington citizens didn’t clamor for assisted suicide in their state. They were minding their own business when it was brought to them by the international euthanasia movement, aided and abetted by their super rich former governor, Booth Gardner. Joel Connelly has some of the dollars spent, . . . . Continue Reading »
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